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China Population Growth

Think about vast population and China is the first country that comes to mind. It is also the world’s most populous country but has achieved tremendous success in controlling China population growth. In mid 2008, the country’s population stood at 1.3 billion.

China’s population growth and uneven distribution span two periods. From 1949 to 1970, the population growth was dispersed evenly but from 1970 to 1990, the population disparity increased and concentrated in the east of China.

China Population Growth: Some Facts and Factors

Factors that influenced the China population growth are:

Composition of the ethnic population

Regional urbanization and economic trends

Physical and environmental conditions

Other interesting facts are:

About 20% of the world’s population resides in China.

The country’s population is estimated to reach 1.4 billion by the latter part of 2010.

In 2030, China population growth is predicted to peak further and then decline.

China Population Growth Magnitude

China population growth increases by almost 13 million people. This growth rate surpasses the total population of countries like Cambodia, Ecuador and Belgium. The efforts to control the fertility behavior of its people have improved population control in China.

China Population Growth: Main Chinese Provinces

The following China population growth data pertains to its major provinces:

Sichuan 87,250,000 (2007 figures)

Henan 98,690,000 (2007 figures)

Shandong 94,000,000 (2008 figures)

Jiangsu 75,495,000 (2006 figures)

Hebei 70,000,000 (2009 figures)

Impact of One-Child Policy on China Population Growth

China population growth is unbalanced but its rigid one-child policy marked a period of stringent penalties, forced abortions and infanticide. Till 2000, this policy is estimated to have prevented over 250 million births. However, this policy resulted in gender imbalance due to female infanticides.

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Contributors

Professor at Columbia University. Recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001 & the John Bates Clark Medal in 1979. Author of "Freefall: America, Free Markets", "The Sinking of the World Economy", "Globalisation and its Discontents" & "Making Globalisation Work".

CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO. Served as President and CEO of the Harvard Management Company for 2 years, while also working at the IMF for 15 years. In 2008, his book "When Markets Collide", won the Financial Times award for Business Book of The Year in addition to being named as the one of the best business books of all time by The Independent.

Mario I. Blejer is a former governor of the Central Bank of Argentina and former Director of the Center for Central Banking Studies at the Bank of England. Eduardo Levy Yeyati is Professor of Economics at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution.